Platform attachment for worktables



Feb. 28, 1950 GREENBERG 2,499,062

PLATFORM ATTACHMENT FOR WORK TABLES Filed April 50, 1947 FIG. I.

wqig "h lsi F I 0/ GEORGE GQEENBEQG, INVENTOR.

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Patented Feb. 28, 1950 PLATFORM ATTACHMENT FOR? WORKTABLES George Greenberg, Brooklyn, N. 32..

Application April-30, 1947; Serial' -No'. 744,861.

This-invention relates to attachments for work tables in shops, particularly for garment manufacturing, and has for its main object-to provide adevice to aid the operators in disposing of the. finished pieces.

In garment manufacturing shops the arrangementusually isthata plurality of rows of. work tables are set up on the floor at a desired dis.- tance from one another. the sewing machines being secured on the tables, and every operator willhave a certain space to the right and left, and will. sit in front of the respective sewing machine. The finished work, in such cases, accumulates in a speedy manner, and devices are necessary to stack the sameuntil removed by the. circulating service personnel. v

My invention aims to provide such devices whichwillmake the labor of the operator more comfortable, will makethe stacking of the finished pieces more efficient and convenient, which will be adjustable by the respective individual perator,.which will be adapted to be placed out of the way when not in use or when the day is done and the shop is to be cleaned.

Another object of my invention is to provide devices as characterized hereinbefore, which may be easily applied to existing working tables, and easily adjusted as necessary.

Still a further object of this invention is to provide devices of this character, which may be easily removed and exchanged with another one, when necessary.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification and accompanying the same:

'Fig. 1 isa side view of a work table to which the preferred form of my invention has been applied, and

Fig. 2 is a partly sectional fragmentary botto'mview'thereof. the section being taken on the line 2--2 of Fig. 1;

Fig-3 shows another form of my attachment applied in-place of the-one shown in Figs. 1 and 2;

Fig.4 is a bottom view of the device proper of Fig. 3, and

Figs; 5 and 6 are side and bottom views of a third form of my attachment which may replace any of the two forms shown in the earlier figures.

Referring now to the drawings more in detail by characters of references, the numeral i0 indicates the preferred form of my work table attachment shown in Figs. 1 and 2, in general. The numeral ll indicates the work table having a table top l2 and the legs l3 and Ho. The sewing machine (not shown), if we consider a garment working shop where such tables with sewing 2 Claims. (cram-F17) machines are arranged, wouldbe secured-on the table top l2, and, the operator sits in frontofit, where the. attachment. in is also employed.

On. one leg l3a,.preferablybeing to the left of r the .operatonare arrangedlower andupper slid-..

able sleeves l5 and I6, respectively, adapted to be secured. in any of their positions, as by the set screws Ha A-vertical. rod I8 is setin front of the leg l3a, spaced apart therefrom andinparallelism therewith, .beingcarried-in the respective front extensions 15a and. IBaof the sliding. sleeves l5 and I6, secured in them by any appropriate means well known inthisarth Preferably rod l8 issimply set; into opposite recesses in the extensions=l5aand Ilia, as indicated in Fig.1, so, as to be removable.

An, upwardly and downwardly. slidable sleeve l9 isarrangedontherod. 18 adapted to be secured in any of itspositions, asby the set screwlfl. A

forward extension or arm 21' is provided-onthe.

In ,myinventionthe horse 23 will have a frontleg 21 withatelescopicallyflower adjusts able part. 25 securedtherein, as by the set screw 26.,..andibeing. pivotally. connected to the front end .ofthe fhorse. 23, .as atZ'l.

At theinnenend portionzaof the horse 23,

and. on the. underside, thereof, is. arranged a hinged .device, general1y indicated by the numeral 29, having aninner hinged member 36 which car ries a downwardly projecting. pin. 3|.

Whenit is desired to use the "horse for throwing thereon theready finished garment pieces, pin 3i. willbeset. into the ring sleeve 22, the front legmmembers 24' .and.25 adjusted to the right.

length, and -a'collapsible pivot brace 32 opened up, so, asto. keep the leg in .itsvertical position.

It..will .beobvious. thatthedevice shown in Figs. .1 and 2 and vjustdescribed, has great superiority and. inventive novelty. .over. devices used at pres'entfor stackingthe finished garments. It is reliably secured on the table and reliably supported on its leg, while at the same time, it is light in weight and inexpensive.

The height of the plate or horse 23 may be set by the operator, as desired, by sliding the sleeve it! .on the rod IB, upwardly or downwardly, and then adjusting the leg of the horse accordingly. As some operators .prefer, the horse may be folded upwardly underneath the plate or horse 23, and then the whole device folded along the table leg |3a on the hinge 29, in a suspended position, as indicated by the dot and dash lines in Fig. 1.

In the embodiment shownin Figs. 1 and 2, I provide a second arm 36 on the sleeve 9, trans versely to the arm 2|, and terminating in a pivot pin receiving sleeve 22a similar to the sleeve 22. The purpose of this arm is that when it is desired, the pin 3| of the horse 23 may be placed into the sleeve 22a, and this way the horse will be a few inches further away from the operator, as indicated in an imaginary manner by the dot and dash lines 23a. In this manner'the horse not only can be adjusted in an angular manner by swinging the same, but it also can be placed in two positions nearer to, or further away from, the operator, as desired.

In Figs. 3 and 4 I illustrate another attachment for work tables, particularly for the garment industry, secured on the table leg in a similar manner as the one described in Figs. 1 and 2. This attachment is in the form of an upwardly open box, generally indicated by the numeral 49, and commonly called a bin.'

, In my invention said bin may be employed on the table leg |3a in a similar manner as the horse" 23 was employed, and it can replace the horse.

In this embodiment also slidable sleeves 5 and I6 are arranged on a leg |3a of the table, carrying the rod l8 and the slidable sleeve |9 thereon, having the pivot pin receiving ring. 22. The pivot pin 4|, in this case, however, is carried by a bracket 42 secured on the bin 40,50 that when it is desired to exchange the attachments, the "horse device 23 will be simply folded up and then lifted off the sleeve 22, and the pin 4| of the bin placed therein, as indicated in Fig. 3, the height of the sleeve 9 being appropriately adjusted. The bin device is used when smaller objects are finished and they will be thrown into the same. be swung horizontally on pin,4|, as indicated by the arrow 44. It also will be seen that the bin 40 is much lower than the horse 23.

In Figs. 5 and 6, finally, I show another modification of my attachment, secured and arranged on the same principle as the earlier modifications. This is simply a low table for stacking heavy products, like heavier garments. The top of this low table is indicated at 50, and it has four short legs 5|, since it is desired to keep it low and permit a great number of heavy garments to be stacked on it, one over the other. It will have an arm It may have caster legs 43, and may or bracket 52 secured on the underside thereof, projecting towards the table, and terminating in a pivot pin 53 by which it may be set into the sleeve 22 when the other devices have been removed, and it is desired to use this table.

What I claim as new and want to protect by Letters Patent of the United States, is:

1. In a platform attachment for work tables, having a top and legs, the combination of, a post secured on a leg in parallelism with and spaced apart from it, an upwardly and downwardly slideable ring on said post, a forward projection on said ring having a vertical recess, an elongated "comparatively narrow plate member, a hinge device at one end on the underside thereof, a pin on said hinge device adapted to be rotatably placed into said recess, whereby said plate may rotate on a vertical axis and also may swing downwardly on said hinge, and an adjustable leg at the other end of said plate, said leg being adapted to be folded underneath said plate whereby said plate may be suspended from said hinge with its legs folded thereunder, or may be readily removed from, or attached to, said table, and said plate also may swing horizontally on said pin.

v2. In a platform attachment for work tables, having a top and legs, the combination of, a post secured on a leg in parallelism with and spaced apart from it, an upwardly and downwardly slidable ring on said post, a forward projection on said ring having a vertical recess, an elongated comparatively narrow plate member, a hinge device at one end on the underside thereof, a pin on said hinge device adapted to be rotatably placed into said recess, whereby said plate may rotate on a vertical axis and also may swing downwardly on said hinge, said leg being adapted to be folded underneath said plate whereby said plate may be suspended from said hinge with its legs folded thereunder, or may be readily removed from, orv attached to, said table, and said plate also may swing horizontally on said pin, slidable means for securing the top and bottom of. said post on said leg, said post being removable from said upper and lower securing means.

GEORGE GREENBERG.

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